ORDER1

SHERI POLSTER CHAPPELL, District Judge.

Before the Court is a sua sponte review of the file. This case was transferred to the Middle District of Florida from multidistrict litigation in West Virginia. The case wound up in Fort Myers, but nothing in the docket shows any connection to this Division. So the Court ordered Plaintiff to show cause why the case should not be transferred to the appropriate Division. (Doc. 28). Plaintiff never responded and the time to do so passed.

Under the Middle District's Local Rules, "All civil proceedings of any kind shall be instituted in that Division encompassing the county or counties having the greatest nexus with the cause, giving due regard to the place where the claim arose and the residence or principal place of business of the parties." Local Rule 1.02(c). There is no nexus to Fort Myers. The injury occurred in Maryland. (Doc. 10 at 5). None of the Defendants are domiciled in Florida. (Docs. 11; 11-1). And the only nexus to the Middle District is Plaintiff's domicile in Lake County, Florida. (Doc. 13 at 1). Lake County is in the Ocala Division—not the Fort Myers Division. Local Rule 1.02(b). Because the only connection to the Middle District is in the Ocala Division, the Court transfers this case to that Division

Accordingly, it is now

ORDERED:

The Clerk is DIRECTED to TRANSFER this case to the Ocala Division of the Middle District of Florida and CLOSE the Fort Myers file.

DONE and ORDERED.